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15 Greenwood Ave.
Conway, NH 03818
Phone: 603-447-5552
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Sky Watch with Marc Stowbridge of the NH Astromical Society. December 3rd, 6:30 PM
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Marc Stowbridge, President of the NH Astronomical Society, will give a brief tutorial on how to use the library telescope, followed by a guided viewing of the night sky in the library park. This program is free!
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Maker Madness Continues in December! Wednesdays at 3:30
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Dec 5 -- Intro to 3D Printing -- Learn how 3D printers work and how they are being applied to solve real world problems
Dec 12 -- Candy Sushi -- Roll your own nigiri, maki, and temaki sushi! Don't like fish? Don't worry! We will be using all candy substitutes for this madness.
Dec 19 -- Holiday Wreaths -- Create a festive adornment for a loved one or your front door! Put your creative energy to work!
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Bob Cottrell Available To Present Local History Programs
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Bob Cottrell working with John Fuller
School students
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The Conway Public Library's Henney History Room offers a wide range of
programs on local history. They are offered free to schools and
community groups in Conway and Albany. The fee to groups for programs outside these Towns is $200.
We can tailor the programs to your group, to the academic level,
curriculum needs,
the length of time you have, etc. The programs can take the form of
slideshows and hands-on sessions in the classroom as well as walking
tours at historic sites.
Some of the topics we can cover include the Abenaki, barns, early New
England architecture, NH and its polar explorers (including Chinook -
our NH State Dog), maple sugaring, maps and mapmaking, mills and
manufacturing, ice harvesting, the Redstone quarry, stone walls and
cellar holes, and art of the White Mountains.
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Library Receives $4,000 Grant For Art Conservation
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The Conway Public Library is pleased to announce it has received a $4,000 grant from the Robert and Dorothy Goldberg Foundation to perform conservation treatment on three items in the Library's art collection. The project was jump started through the generous support of the Friends of the Conway Public Library, whose backing covered the expenses associated with producing conservation treatment reports for the Library art collection. These treatment reports were essential to the success of the grant proposal.
The three works of art to be conserved are "Making Soap" by Benjamin T. Newman, an untitled work by the artist Anne Goldthwaite, and the original drawing from which the Conway Public Library was built.
Making Soap by Fryeburg Academy art teacher Benjamin T. Newman is a community treasure of the Mount Washington Valley. Donated to the library in the year of its opening, 1901, this fascinating and unusual painting has been a part of the library patron experience since the very beginning. The painting was originally created for the 1893 World Columbian Exhibition as a part of the Maine exhibit. At 48x68 inches the painting is quite imposing but suffers from significant surface grime.
The untitled work by the noted late 19th and early 20th century artist Anne Goldthwaite was discovered last winter in the attic of the Conway Public Library. It is with a certain amount of embarrassment that the Library admits that an important work of art languished in its attic for 40 or so years. As Goldthwaite was born in Alabama and lived much of her life in New York City, the Library was uncertain of the provenance. After some research it was determined that the item was donated to the Library by Keith and Nella Henney, the founders of the Henney History Room at CPL. The Nella Henney journal, now in book form under the title "Summers on Foss," confirms the Henney's knew Anne Goldthwaite so there is no other explanation as to how the painting made it to CPL.
Goldthwaite was a prodigious artist and her works are in numerous museums across the Nation including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian, and the Cleveland Museum of Art to name just a few. Conservator Cobbs key recommendation is for the painting to be "dry cleaned" and placed in an archival quality frame for display.
The original drawing of the Conway Public Library building by architect Thomas Silloway is another community treasure. The Library and the library building are beloved and no other image documents the library in such detail from its early days as does this drawing. Conservator Cobbs key recommendation is to remove the acidic board from the drawing and deacidify.
Once the items have been conserved the library plans to have the Goldthwaite and Silloway items placed in new archival quality frames as described in the estimate from Vintage Frames in North Conway. Our conservator has advised us Making Soap does not need a new frame. Once the objects have been conserved and reframed the Library plans to put these works of art on display.
Library Director David Smolen said, "We thank the Goldberg Foundation and the Friends of the Conway Public Library for their generous support of this project. We look forward to showing off the items once they have been conserved."
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Ernie Brown Donates Painting to Library
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Digital Magazine Service Has Something For Everyone
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Enjoy a wide variety of popular magazines through our Overdrive downloadable book service. Checking out magazines does not count toward the normal three check out limit. Visit
https://nh.overdrive.com/nh-conway/content and start checking out today. For more information contact David.
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| Why a library fire feels like an 'attack on humanity' |
"Susan Orlean reopens the unsolved mystery of the most catastrophic library fire in American history, and delivers a dazzling love letter to a beloved institution -- our libraries." Check out her interview on the PBS Newshour. Link to catalog record for The Library Book.
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